Funds
The chief executives of the ASEAN Exchanges convened at the 21st ASEAN Exchanges CEOs meeting to discuss the next collaborative action steps to market and promote ASEAN as one asset class.
Since its launch in April 2011, ASEAN Exchanges have delivered on several key milestones such as the ASEAN Trading Link and development of a unique post trade solution which serves to provide greater exposure and access to the diverse range of investable companies across ASEAN.
Magnus Bocker, CEO of Singapore Exchange, says: “The collaborative action amongst the ASEAN Exchanges has been a vital force in moving things forward
Source, one of Europe’s leding providers of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), has launched the Source JP Morgan Macro Hedge Dual Vega Target 4% TR UCITS ETF. The ETF aims to provide cost-effective exposure to volatility and is the third ETF in the JP Morgan Macro Hedge series.
Volatility is an attractive hedge in times of macro-economic stress but can be costly over the long term. J.P. Morgan’s Macro Hedge indices aim to capture spikes in volatility and, when markets are calmer, to generate a positive return.
The JP Morgan Macro Hedge Dual Vega Target 4% TR Index takes exposure to
JTC Group has opened a second representative office in the US, adding New York City to its presence in Miami.
The New York office will operate as part of JTC Group Americas, headed up by managing director of the North American region Emilio Miguel, and will serve as a hub for JTC’s growing network of intermediaries in the US and a further gateway to the fast-growing Latin American market.
JTC Group now offer its suite of private client, corporate, fund and real estate services through its representative offices in the top four global financial centres of New York, London,
Redwood Asset Management, a Toronto-based investment fund manager focused on partnering with boutique investment managers to offer products to Canadians, has launched the Redwood Global Macro Class.
The fund will seek to generate superior risk-adjusted returns with lower volatility and low correlation to any other asset class.
AIP Asset Management, a Toronto-based alternative investment firm, has been selected to manage the Redwood Global Macro Class and continues its relationship which started with the Redwood Pension Class.
To the extent possible under NI 81-102, the fund will use a number of strategies not traditionally seen in global balanced mutual
Highland Capital Management has launched a non-traded product line with a publicly-registered business development company (BDC) NexPoint Capital.
The BDC will be the industry’s first healthcare-focused fund of its kind with a target raise of USD1.5bn in capital for investing primarily in medium-sized businesses.
NexPoint Capital represents Highland’s initial non-traded product with the company announcing plans to introduce additional non-traded products later this year. The BDC will be distributed by Highland Capital Funds Distributor and will be led by Brad Ross, president of Highland Funds, and Brian Mitts, chief operating officer of NexPoint Advisors and head of business development
Arrow Capital Management has merged two fund which are sub-advised by Raven Rock Capital Management – the Arrow High Yield Fund and the Raven Rock Income II Fund.
The merging of the two funds eliminates the duplication of the investment similarities and improves the cost efficiencies.
Raven Rock is now able to focus on a single core investment strategy, which continues to be a unique offering in the Canadian fund universe. The Raven Rock Income II Fund combines hedged exposure to the US convertible bond market, as well as various other US corporate debt securities including high yield bonds. The ability
Clients of wealth manager and trust company San Antonio Capital Management can now invest in customised portfolios of top-tier hedge funds through an alliance with Crystal Capital Partners and Deer Isle Capital.
Crystal Capital offers wealth managers the ability to develop custom-tailored portfolios of hedge funds for each investor’s specific objectives, supported by rigorous due diligence, research, analytics, portfolio optimization tools and operational support.
“Our partnership with Crystal Capital enables us to deliver highly customised investment solutions to our clients. We are gaining access to exclusive investment options typically only available to some of the world’s largest investors, at
Jeff Sica has launched Circle Squared Alternative Investments, a firm dedicated to providing financial advisors with access to alternative investments previously available only to institutions and ultra-high net-worth investors.
Sica’s approach to simplifying alternative market investing – investments that “touch the real economy” – is intended to give advisors and their clients greater confidence in their financial future.
In addition to offering access to alternative investments, Sica and his team will serve as coaches and mentors to advisors, helping them to better understand and communicate to their clients the role and advantages of alternative investments in a portfolio. Much
Kate Storey (pictured) from Appleby assesses how insurance linked securities are a growing alternative asset classes for investors, including investment funds…
Insurance linked securities (ILS) are growing as an alternative asset class for a diverse group of capital markets investors, including investment funds. Further, the sponsors of ILS products are showing increasing interest in Guernsey as the jurisdiction in which to establish their ILS structure (where Bermuda has traditionally dominated).
ILS products typically include catastrophe bonds (Cat bonds), industry loss warranties (ILWs) and sidecars. Cat bonds are risk-linked securities that transfer catastrophe risks to capital market investors. ILWs enable a
Running a successful hedge fund trading strategy requires high levels of skill, research, idea generation and a clear understanding of market dynamics. Such perspicacity, however, is becoming just as important in how a fund’s operations run.
Regardless of how complex the operational infrastructure, quality data is the lifeblood on which a fund’s day-to-day success depends. Indeed, in the opinion of Bennett Egeth, President of Broadridge Investment Management Solutions, data is the buy-side community’s new KPI. “It impacts every aspect of a firm’s alpha generation, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance and risk management.”
Fund managers are becoming mindful of the fact that
